Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Hurricane Irma strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm on Monday forcing Florida to be declared a state of emergency.

Florida Governor Rick Scott declared the state of emergency for all 67
counties in the state on Monday after some forecasts showed the powerful
storm could be headed for the East Coast.

Meteorologists had earlier predicted the storm posed a 'serious threat' to the US.

'Hurricane Irma is a major and life-threatening storm and Florida must
be prepared. I have continued to be briefed by the Florida Division of
Emergency Management on Hurricane Irma and current forecast models have
Florida in Irma’s path - potentially impacting millions of Floridians,'
Scott said.